X. INTKODUCTION. 



unsurpassed in magnificence of outline, deservedly stand at 

 the head of the Butterflies. 



" They are natives of New Guinea and the neighbouring 

 islands, where, as it is said, the tropical birds are jealous of 

 their beauty, and injure them by pecking at their wings. 



" The inhabitants of Darnley Island capture specimens of 

 0. Poseidon, and, securing them by one end of a long thread, 

 they fasten the other end to their hair, allowing the butter- 

 flies to flutter round their heads. 



" Observe the contrast between the highly-finished colour- 

 ing in the Humming-bird Butterflies, Erycinidce, and the 

 bold massive style in which the gold is laid on in the fore- 

 wings of the appropriately named 0. Croesus. 



" The genus Lepiocircus, judged by form and colour, seems 

 to be out of place in this group ; but other characters, con- 

 sidered to be of great importance in the classification of the 

 Lepidoptera, such as the venation of the wings and the 

 structure of the legs, indicate its proper place to be in the 

 family Papilionidcd. 



" The only species of the genus Teinopalims (observe the 

 long and porrect palpi) inhabits the highest ranges of the 

 Himalayas, especially towards the frontiers of Assam." 



Thus far we have noticed the schedule and the tablet. 



3rd. Foreign species. The further portion of each drawer, 

 to the extent of three-fifths (more or less) of the whole area, 

 accommodates from ten to sixty exotic species, singly or in 

 pairs, such species as are most distinct being preferred- 

 A reference to the authority accompanies, as a rule, the 

 generic, sub-generic, and specific names. The locality, when 

 copied from a monograph, is stated simply ; but when it is 

 known where the specimen has been collected, the word 

 "from" is added, e. g., " Ornithoptera Croesus, from the 

 Island of Batchiaii." 



